Milk cooler



I. Feb. 20, 19273.

1,446,417 s. P. ELLEBY MILK COOLER iled May 4, 1922 2 sheets-sheet 1ZZey Feb. 20, 19.23.

ls P. ELLEBY MILK COOLER Filed May 4, 1922 2 sheets-sheet 2 PatentedFeb. 20, 1923. y i" uNiTen srAT {Es sIEerRrEDr yr. ELLEBY, or WARREN,PENNSYLVANIA.. n' l MILK COOLER.

l Application fueanay' 4192'2. serial No. 558,338.

To all whom it may concern.' l

Be it known that I, SIEGFIuEnrP. ELLEEY, a citizen of the UnitedyStates, residingjat Warren, in the county of Warrenfand State ofPennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in MilkCoolers;v and I do declarethey following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the inven` tion, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it use the same.y

This invention relates to an improved cooling apparatus which isespecially, b'ut not necessarily, designed for cooling milk.

The principal object 'of the inventionfis to generally improve `upon,cooling devices4 of r this class by providing one of eXtreme simplicityand durability which is practical,

the same being such in construction that it permits milk to be cooled byair andfob'viates thenecessity of usingv any special cool in@ mediumssuch as wateror the like.

n tMore specifically speaking, itis anotherv object of the invention toprovide `an 'im-? proved liquid cooler of this classr which Lern-Qbodies a substantiallyr conical body over which the liquidis designed tobe kdistributed, together lwith ahopper over this body for receiving theliquid, and fluid actuated distributingk means ywhich is arrangedkbetween the hopper andxbody and is rotated for evenly .distributing theliquid over the entire surfacey of the body, causing it to vflowdownwardly ina thin `sheet to be effectively cooled bythe surroundingair. y t Other objects andadvantages l,of theinvention will be apparentduring the course of the following description. p y In theaccompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification and in whichlike numerals are employed tov designate` .like parts throughout thesame: i Figure l is a side' elevational view of ka cooling apparatusconstructed in accordance with this invention. n *y Figure 2 `a centralvertical sectional view of the same.

Figure 3 is a top plan View.

Figure 4: is an enlarged horizontal section taken on the line 4 4: ofFigurey l.

In the drawings,the numeral l represents a truncated conical body whichris byV preference hollow, the same resting at its lower end in areceiving trough 2 `and being equipped with circumferentially' spacedopenings 3 to permit the cooled liquid to appertains to make and` trough2 and passes through the severaly pass through them and escape from thetrough through'` the neck 4 whichis designed' to telescopeinto theuppery end cfa suitable receptacle, such as a milk cany or the l1ke'.`Secured to and .rising from fthe troughare a plurality of verticalspaced upf opening 9. Itmay bementioned herethat in practice, a strainerl0 may bearran-ged 1n thek hopper. directly over the discharge openingto ,retard the passage ofthe' milk through the opening and to'partiallypurify` it. Itis also to be noted that the rim `of the hopper `is.equipped with `vertically disposed circumferen'tially spac'edshouldersl1 which areadapted to rest onthe ringv 6.

As before'indicated, distributing means is interposed between the bodyandthe hopper.

kAlthough this distributingk means could be of some other construction,itl preferably comprises a relatively shallow receptacle 13 which has adepressionvld in its bottom to receive the pointed end of a pivot-pin 15secured to the truncated end of'the aforesaid body. A pivotal mountingfor the distributor is thus provided. At circumferentially spacedpoints,the receptacle is formed with openings l'fromfwhichygutters orconduits 17. extend.` As more clearlyfshown in Figure l, the free endsof these gutters are directed downwardly toward andl terminate in closeJspaced relation from the surface of the body l'. `Due to this`'conrights 5 'which are connected at their upper ends to a ring 6.yThis ring constitutes a lsupport for a hopper 7 which has a conicalybottom'S formed with a central discharge struction, the milk ispreventedfrom being i wasted as. the distributor is rotated, as it isthrown directly against the cooling. surface yThel operation oftheapparatus is as fol-L lowst' The milk is deposited into the hopper landrpasses through they strainerl 10 and discharge opening 9 in theconicalvbottom ofthe latter. As it is received in the re-A ceptacle `13, it isdischarged therefrom through the several openings 16 and gutters V i7and du@v to the Weight` of the liquid is automatically set into rotationon the'pin' openings 3 in the body and escapes through the neck 4 andiscollected in thereceptacle provided tor this purpose.

From the foregoing description, it is obvious that I have evolved andproduced an extremely unique and practical cooling device Which isespecially designed tor vef-` fectively cooling milk, the same beingsuch that it entirely obviates thec'necessity of utilizing specialcooling mediums such as ordinarily required with patented and marketeddevices with which I am familiar.

IIence, theinvention will be extremely useful `to 'persons who do nothave ready excess to running water.

Although I 'have described the invention as being "used for coolingmilk, I Wish it to be understood that it maybe equally Well used forcooling any other liquids'. j

By carefully considering the description inconnection with the drawings,persons familiar' With devices of thisc'lass will doubtless bel able toobtain a clear understanding of the invention. Therefore, a more lengthyand detailed description is deemed unnecessary. n n

Since kprobably the best results may be obtainedwvith the construction'and arrangement herein 4shown and described, this is taken as theIpreferred embodiment or the invention. However, "I'Wish it tol beunderstood thatminor changes coming Within the scope of the invention asclaimed may be resorted to if desired.

I claim:

gutters being directed downwardly so that when the distributor v.is inuse, said ends will lterminate inclose spaced .relation from the coolingsurfaceof the4 vbody on which the distributor ismounted.

3. A liquid ycooler comprising a receiving trough having a dischargeneck at its center, a conical body rising from said trough havingopenings formed in its base to permit passage of liquid through saiddischarge neck, a hopper arranged over the upper end of said body andhaving a central discharge opening, and a Huid actuated rotaryVdistributing member mounted on said body between the latter and saidhopper, said element comprising a cup having openings i'ronljwhichconduits extend, these conduits having their lower ends terminating inclose spaced relation to the cooling surface ot said body.

4.' 'In a liquid cooler, a receiving trough for the liquid, a bodyrising from lsaid trough, the liquid being designed lto pass over thevsurface lof said body for permitting it to Abe cooled by thesurrounding air, a plurality of circumferentially spaced ,upriglitssecured to `and rising trom said trough'and extending iabove the upperen d or" said body, a ring mounted on the upper ends of lsaid uprights,a 'hopper vhaving a conical bottom formed with ,a central'ldischargeopening positioned directly over said body,.and shoulders secured to therim 'not said v`hopper* and resting on said ring.

5. A liquid cooler comprising a receiving trough vhavinga discharge neckat its center adapted to telescope into a collecting `receptacle, atruncated conical 'body connected to and rising'trom vthe center of saidtrough,

said body .being formed with vopenings yto permit `the liquid top assthrough them and through said discharge neck,"a pivot-pin mounted on theupper: truncated end ofsaid body, a cup-like receptacle having vadepression inits bottom into whichv the upper end of said pivot pinentendsl for rotatably mounting said receptacle, the `latter beingprovided with discharge openings from Which conduitsextenchthe freeendsof said conduits terminating in close spaced 1relation to thecooling surface of said body, `a hopper arranged over said rotaryreceptacle, having a discharge opening disposed .directly over saidreceptacle andnsupporting means forthe 'hopper between it andtheaforesaid-trough.

In testimony Whereofl havezhereunto yset my hand.

SIEGF'RIEDT P. ELLEBY.

